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Hoyer likens potential Roe reversal to Dred Scott slavery case

By Kate Scanlon
Published May 11, 2022 6:42pm ET
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Hoyer likens potential Roe reversal to Dred Scott slavery case
As the Senate prepared Wednesday for Democrats’ effort to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) likened a potential reversal of Roe to the infamous Dred Scott case. An unprecedented leak of a draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito from the Supreme Court last week suggested that the […]

As the Senate prepared Wednesday for Democrats’ effort to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) likened a potential reversal of Roe to the infamous Dred Scott case.

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